Genetic susceptibility to acute rheumatic fever: a systematic review and meta-analysis of twin studies.

Genetic susceptibility to acute rheumatic fever: a systematic review and meta-analysis of twin studies.

<h4>Background</h4>Acute rheumatic fever is considered to be a heritable condition, but the magnitude of the genetic effect is unknown. The objective of this study was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of twin studies of concordance of acute rheumatic fever in order to der...

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Main Authors: Mark E Engel, Raphaella Stander, Jonathan Vogel, Adebowale A Adeyemo, Bongani M Mayosi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21980428/?tool=EBI

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